On the US election, messaging and learning stupid lessons.

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We welcome Amber A'Lee Frost (California via Indiana and New York) and Ryan Zickgraf (Pennsylvania via Illinois and Georgia) to preview the US election. We discuss:

Why the campaigns have been so focused on micro-targeting demographics

Whether Russians or Brits are illegitimately swinging the election

How the Democrats have gone back to being smug

Why it feels like Pennsylvania is the only state voting (and not even there!)

Whether the US is going back to a pre-2016 period

How each side will react if they lose

Damage Magazine will hold a launch of its third print issue, "Mothers," in NYC on 23 November at 4-6pm at MoMA’s PS 1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Queens 11101. Catherine Liu will be in conversation with Dustin Guastella on the question of the family.

Links:

The Battleground State that Isn't, Ryan Zickgraf, Compact

The Gospel According to Elon Musk, Ryan Zickgraf, Compact

To win, Harris should talk more about working-class needs and less about Trump, Dustin Guastella, The Guardian

Obviousness, Scorn, and Losing Ground, Benjamin Fife, Damage